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Craigslist Find: The Perfect Power Tour Hauler?
It’s time to start thinking about what you’ll be driving on Power Tour 2017. We hit up Craigslist to daydream about what we’d like to bring along if we had the means and the opportunity. Each year on...
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The Week to Wicked C10 Presented by Classic Performance Products: Done!
Though it wasn’t the first of its kind to unfold beneath the roof of TEN: The Enthusiast Network’s Santa Ana Tech Center, our (Classic Trucks’) inaugural Week to Wicked Presented by Classic Performance...
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Frozen Frenzy: Racing on Ice (Plus Photo Gallery)
You don’t need to ask a racer when race season starts. That answer is simple; it never stops. The tracks may be closed and snowed over in some areas, but that’s the time to rebuild the car or find some...
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Fix’Ems- Tips and Tricks Every Street Rodder Should Know
Check out the latest illustration from Bob Hovorka with help tips and tricks every street rodder should know! The post Fix’Ems- Tips and Tricks Every Street Rodder Should Know appeared first on Hot Rod...
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Third Time’s a Charm on Drag Week
Some people who decide to do HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors, make it look easy. They register, show up, and make it through each day without much difficulty, while others have minor...
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Turn Back Tuesday: Ohio George Montgomery
A cool shot of one of the most dominant Gasser greats is Ohio George Montgomery with his Ford SOHC-powered 1933 Willys coupe. That blower is one of Montgomery’s own magnesium units he produced along...
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NHRA Nitro Spring Training: Day 3- Leah Pritchett’s Unofficial Fastest Top...
After two days of rigorous testing at Wild Horse Motorsports Park near Phoenix, Arizona, NHRA professional teams showcased their raw horsepower and brute force under public eyes for the first time this...
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Driveshaft Angles from any Angle
Q I have a 1931 Model A Cabriolet that I am building. I have put a new dropped front axle in, boxed and reinforced the frame, and intend to install a Chevy 350 with auto trans. I bought an 8.8 rearend...
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Mini-Doc: Thunder Road – Short Track Racing in Vermont
Last October we took a trip to see the Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Vermont and learned more about the rich history of the race. We also outlined the race recently in an article...
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2017 Grand National Roadster Show—The Suede Palace
For 12 years, the Suede Palace has been a magnet for traditional hot rods and customs from all over the country. At this year’s 68th Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Roadster Show Presented by...
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Super Shaker: Terry Hedrick, Funny Car Pioneer
The Way Back Machine isn’t flawless, but peering into it is always entertaining. Over the past 40 years, I’ve written many articles about the early days of Funny Car racing, but almost all of them were...
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Wicked 1955 Chevy Street Shaker Packs a Punch
Regardless of where you grew up there was always one particular car in your neighborhood that ruled the streets. You could hear it coming from a 1/4-mile away as it wound through the gears accented by...
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NHRA Nitro Spring Training Test Session, Day 4
On Super Bowl Sunday, many of the NHRA nitro teams had wrapped up three straight days of testing and were now tearing down their abused pit areas and getting road ready for their few hour journey from...
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Supercharged 975hp 1949 Caddy Delivers in Luxury
Sometimes society gets it all wrong. Why is someone who falls for the oldest trick in the book automatically labeled a sucker? After all, any trick good enough to stand the test of time is obviously...
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Mark Greenisen’s 1974 Gremlin Is a Bright-Green, Cone-Killing Monster
Mark Greenisen’s 1974 Gremlin might have started out as the cliché “little old lady’s car,” but it’s highly unlikely that little old lady would recognize it if she saw it on the street today. We...
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2016 Pro Stock Problems, Solutions, and the Future
The Dark Corners of Fuel-Injected Pro Stock Motor Mysticism Prepare yourself for a deep, dark dive into a racing rabbit hole. Head first. Pro Stock racing is part of the professional triumvirate of...
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Bruce Leven’s Gran Turismo–Winning 1951 Ford Coupe
It Took 60 Years to Do it, But Bruce Leven Now Has the Sports Rod He Wanted as a Kid The notion that ordinary cars can become extraordinary is the basis for HOT ROD magazine and its readers. The model...
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The Challenger SRT Demon Needs Room to Breathe — Air Grabber!
The fifth teaser from Dodge was our wake-up call, with the Challenger SRT Demon’s blower screaming singing to our soul. With even more ludicrous power from the supercharged Hemi, SRT needed to get as...
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Bill Schifsky’s Ford Pinto Funny Car at the 1971 NHRA World Finals
1971 NHRA World Finals at Amarillo Dragway in Texas: Bill Schifsky rumbles up to the line in his Cox-sponsored red, white, and blue Ford Pinto Funny Car. Under the hood was a supercharged 392...
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Swap a 6.1L Crank Into a 5.7L Hemi For 440 HP
Here’s the recipe: buy a 5.7L Hemi from a crashed Ram truck, swap in a factory forged 6.1L crank from eBay, add a “drop-in” forged piston and rod combo from Wiseco, fix the heads, slap in a mellow cam...
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